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Week's events: Nicky Eiseman, daily exercise, Indigenizing research, jazz

University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of Aug. 4-10.

A woman shows an sample of an insect in a tube next to a microscope.

NextGen students to give overview of summer internships

This summer, 14 University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks students participated in the NextGen Internship Program, which is designed to introduce students to food and agricultural careers. Learn about their experiences during a free statewide webinar hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service on Wednesday, Aug. 13, from 4-6 p.m. Learn more and register to attend.

Keanu Aragon works in the Nanook Grown Student Garden

Get recognized as a student worker; sign up for Student Job Fair

UAF Career Services is reaching out to student employee supervisors to recognize outstanding student workers across campus beginning in September. If you are looking for a student job, visitÌý to explore current on-campus opportunities, and check out the Student Job Fair on Sept. 2 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Wood Center. Get more info on the job fair and the new recognition program.

Projected warning times from Sand Point earthquake

Research shows early quake warning system could provide critical seconds

A proposed earthquake early warning system could have provided several ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ communities an alert of 10 seconds or more ahead of strong shaking from the magnitude 7.3 quake that occurred south of Sand Point near the tip of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Peninsula in mid-July. Learn more about the research.

UAF logo for First-Year Move-In event

Volunteers needed: First-year student move-in

Get ready to roll out the blue and gold carpet for our incoming first-year students! First-Year Move-In will be on Thursday, Aug. 21. This is a fantastic opportunity to welcome new students and their families to the campus community and help them settle into their new home away from home. Read more and register to help new UAF students move in.

A small caterpillar leaves a long, winding trail as it feeds on an aspen leaf.

The war within the aspen leaves

On one of the friendliest platforms imaginable, a ferocious battle rages. While mowing its way through the surface of a trembling leaf, an aspen leaf miner meets one of its kind. Instead of offering a nuzzle of recognition, the tiny caterpillar tears into the other with its sickle-like mouthparts, while trying to avoid a fatal gash from the other. Learn more about research on leaf miners.

NISAR launch

UAF satellite facility to manage massive NASA data surge

Years of preparation by the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Satellite Facility will ensure that a flood of freely available data from a NASA-India satellite mission that launched Wednesday will be easy for the global public to use. Read more on the facility and the data it will be archiving and distributing.

What's happening

Deadlines and reminders

American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification

An American Red Cross Lifeguard certification class will be held at the UAF Patty Pool, Aug. 13-16. This will be a blended learning class. Students will complete an online curriculum prior to getting into the pool, and all students must attend all the pool sessions. The course fee is $250. Get more info and register.

A string of shiny black berries, black currants, on a bush

Currants, once banned, have revival

Currants were banned in the United States for 55 years, but are now an emerging berry crop around the country, including ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ. Join Lily Hislop, the currant and elderberry breeder for the Savanna Institute, in a free webinar as she explains why currants were banned, how that ban was lifted and the berries' future. Read more and register.

UAF Photo Day

A headshot photo station will be available in the Wood Center on Aug. 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This will be drop-in only; no appointments are necessary, and it is open to all faculty, staff and students. A UAF model release is required and can be filled in on-site. Photos will be available by the end of the next week at Ìýwith SSO login.

Nook visits the Museum of the North table at Party in the Park on the lower Troth Yeddha' Campus, Sep. 3, 2024.

Help Party in the Park reach 200 booths

It's a party and everyone's invited! UAF's annual Party in the Park will take place on Thursday, Aug. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. in Constitution Park. This lively outdoor event is a campus-wide celebration to kick off the fall semester and welcome new and returning students to the Nanook community. Learn more and register for a booth.

Green and yellow lettuce, orange nasturtiums and squash grow in a high tunnel with wooden supports

Petersburg youths can learn to cook garden-fresh dishes

Middle and high school students are invited to a free Cooking (in) the Garden series at the Petersburg School and Community Garden. Students will make various savory and sweet recipes using items harvested directly from the garden and greenhouse. Read more and register.

Policy brief proposes changes to Yukon River salmon mgmt

A group of Indigenous leaders, scientists and policy experts have proposed management actions to promote recovery of Yukon River salmon and manage their harvest more equitably. Learn more from the peer-reviewed policy brief published in the journal Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research on June 25.

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